Temenggor Dam

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The Temenggor Dam or Temenggor Power Station is a major hydroelectric dam in Gerik, Perak, Malaysia. It is located on Sungai Perak about 200 km northeast of Ipoh. Construction of the dam formed a large lake, Temenggor Lake.

1 Power station
2 Temenggor Dam
3 Temenggor Dam technical specifications
4 Notable facts
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Power station

The power station is a hydroelectric power station, using 4 Hitachi turbines of 87 MW installed capacity. The station is operated by Tenaga Nasional. Since 1987 Temenggor has been unmanned and is remotely operated via a SCADA system at the Bersia Group Control Centre. In the late 1990s, facilities were added to enable Automatic Generation Control by TNB's National Load Despatch Centre in Kuala Lumpur.

[edit] Temenggor Dam

Construction started 1967 and completed in 1972. It began operation in 1975 and was officially opened on 1976 by Almarhum Sultan Idris Shah II of Perak.

[edit] Temenggor Dam technical specifications

The permanent dam components are as follows:

Main Dam
- Maximum height above foundation of 127 m, and crest length of 258 m, volume of fill is xx.00 million cubic metres.
- Crest elevation is 250 m above sea level (ASL), maximum flood level is 248 m, operating levels maximum 245 m and minimum 200 m.
- Reservoir area at 245 m ASL is 152 km², and with a catchment area of x,000 km². Storage volume is 6,050 million cubic meters.
Power Intake Structure - 4 bays.
Spillway- free-overflow, weir with chute and flip bucket, with capacity of x,000 cubic meter per second.
Power Tunnels - 4 tunnels.
Powerhouse
- surface powerhouse
- with 4 penstocks to powertrains comprising 4 turbines of 87MW each, 4 air-cooled generators of 100MVA each and 4 transformers of 100MVA each.

[edit] Notable facts

Temenggor Dam is now the third largest dam in Malaysia. It was once the largest dam and largest hydroelectric generation facility upon completion in 1979, before being overtaken by the Kenyir Dam in 1985. It holds a special place in the history of Malaysia for its military role in flooding the Upper Perak River and cutting off the communist terrorists' infiltration route from the Betong salient in Thailand.